I was there in April and was really disappointed in the ride. It originally went BACKWARDS and there wasn't enough Indy stuff!acsgrlie said:I recently got the chance to go to Euro Disney for the day in Paris...
Some tents you pass by while waiting in line
There is a booth along the path to the area but the merchandise they were selling (late April '08) was pitiful.inky_skin said:Cool. I'm at Disney Resort Paris next month - is there any Indy merchandise worth picking up there ?
Stoo said:There is a booth along the path to the area but the merchandise they were selling (late April '08) was pitiful.
It looks like the styrofoam and concrete construction methods used to balance the budget at Disneyland Paris may have caused some problems twenty years later.
Indiana Jones Temple of Peril will be destroyed and rebuilt entirely in REAL STONE, and the looping track will also be rebuilt! Construction should start next year and take five months.
Attila the Professor said:Such a bizarre choice. Obviously, rebuilding it would be cheaper than, say, putting in the Indiana Jones Adventure, but I doubt it would be missed too much.
Le Saboteur said:No, bizarre is Disneyland Resort Paris recreating a corner of Paris complete with fully functioning Gusteau's! Remi's Totally Crazy Adventure will be the Parisian version of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
Le Saboteur said:There should be ample space directly to the North of the Temple's current footprint, but we'll have to wait and see. Rebuilding the temple without touching the underlying ride, however, would be a horrible waste of time.
Le Saboteur said:A quick tour 'round the net indicates that the park is falling apart piece by piece.
The temple is the most impressive thing about that ride so I'm sure it'll look even better built from actual stone.It looks like the styrofoam and concrete construction methods used to balance the budget at Disneyland Paris may have caused some problems twenty years later.
Indiana Jones Temple of Peril will be destroyed and rebuilt entirely in REAL STONE, and the looping track will also be rebuilt! Construction should start next year and take five months.
Stoo said:The temple is the most impressive thing about that ride so I'm sure it'll look even better built from actual stone.
Disney & More said:Remember Lao-Che Airlines in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? So this idea of theming should mean something for you. For years a real plane - a Dakota - was backstage and stayed there for at least ten years under rains and winds. The plane was originally bought when entertainment was thinking about doing a Indy Stunt Show but that never happened. After opening, Imagineers wanted to put the plane in the open space on the left side of the railroad track before the train enters the tunnel of Pirates in the Caribbean. There is a jeep and tent there but they wanted to expand it. I've been told that Entertainment division had other plans for the Dakota plane so unfortunately that idea died. One day i noticed that the plane has disappeared from backstage, i asked what happened to it and if i remember it well i think i was told that because he stayed outside all these years it was in such bad condition that it had been throw away!!
Or worse. I visited in 1994 soon after it opened, then I saw the complex roller coasters the Germans temporarily assembled for Oktoberfest. A loop at a kid-friendly park seemed novel, though.Le Saboteur said:it's still a terrible, terrible ride. Aside from some slightly above average theming the actual ride is something you would find at your county fair.